Reducing fires

Safety tips to reduce home fires include:

• Stay in the kitchen when you are cooking.  Many cooking fires start from "unattended" cooking.
• Have heating equipment and chimneys inspected and cleaned annually.
• If you smoke, smoke outside.
• Keep flammable materials away from light bulbs, light fixtures and lamps.
• Use flashlights during power outages, not candles.  If you do burn candles indoors, blow them out before leaving the room, and keep them away from things that can burn.

Courtesy of FEMA at www.fema.gov

Websites:

www.fema.gov

www.usfa.dhs.gov

www.firepreventionweek.org

http://www.campusfiresafety.org/

www.campusfiredata.org

www.firewisecampus.org

The most common causes of home fires:

• cooking
• heating
• electrical malfunction
• smoking materials
• candles

Courtesy of FEMA at www.fema.gov